Example sentences of "[adv] only [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , always warm up thoroughly and remember , once you have an injury , pressing on only causes further damage . |
| 2 | Like any CD-ROM system , it effectively only does one thing at a time . |
| 3 | To pass the heaving multitudes on the track , I raced up like a fell runner , unhappily only to find each time I successfully overtook what looked like a queue for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that there were further extensive crocodiles of people ahead . |
| 4 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 5 | It would apparently only require minor repairs plus a reliable water supply to put the mill back into operation . |
| 6 | Both religions not only put other gods before the one true God , they even fail to acknowledge his existence . |
| 7 | From Bismarck 's time onwards , ‘ national unity ’ in the new nation-state not only received exaggerated emphasis , but was focused on the rejection of internal enemies of the Reich ’ ( Catholics , socialists , ethnic minorities ) and , increasingly under Wilhelm II , was linked to varying notions of German expansionism . |
| 8 | The complexities of modern society not only cause new forms of thinking to emerge ; in due course , they also compel them to interact with others . |
| 9 | It has been suggested that bonfires , which not only cause objectionable odours and smoke , but also release polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into the atmosphere which in sufficient concentrations could constitute a health hazard , ought not to be permitted between certain set hours . |
| 10 | Seb 's astonishment had been replaced by eagerness as Christian talked , and the farmer added , ‘ I 've built a reputation for my horses , Seb , and I know you 'll not only continue that reputation , but probably enhance it . ’ |
| 11 | President Roe Tae Woo is not only facing such demonstrations , but an economy that is under severe pressure . |
| 12 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 13 | Not only had many esoterics died there ( and he did n't enjoy the proximity of death unless he 'd been its bringer ) , but the Retreat was a passing place between the Fifth Dominion and the other four , including , of course , the home from which he was in permanent exile . |
| 14 | Looking along that wall , I not only had four redstarts in full view in my binoculars , but three cuckoos as well : it was that sort of a day . |
| 15 | But all this is a different story , for the bomber aircrews not only had better aircraft to take the war to Berlin , they had better navigational aids , better weaponry , the Pathfinder Force , radio counter-measures , better planning and a host of other factors to make them more effective . |
| 16 | Members of the Great and Good appointed to these bodies not only had similar backgrounds and education , but acceptance of the job , with its admission to a distinguished club , involved adopting if not identical views , at least a similar perspective . |
| 17 | Carter , on the other hand , not only had big majorities , but was a centrist ideologically — a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative who was also a liberal on civil rights , the environment and education , making it possible for him to straddle the historical division in the Democratic party . |
| 18 | Austria not only had historical reasons for taking Russia 's part , but also was at odds with the Turks over the principality of Montenegro in the western Balkans . |
| 19 | By the end of 1987 not only had large numbers of people participated in community activities but many others were aware of the model . |
| 20 | Cartwright 's study in the early 1960s showed that doctors practising in middle-class areas not only had smaller lists of patients than their colleagues in working-class areas but they were also better trained and they had better contacts with hospitals . |
| 21 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 22 | At a certain stage in the analysis it becomes necessary not only to define each entity but also to record the relevant attributes of each entity . |
| 23 | They not only extract larger pieces of debris but enable the pump to draw the water through the various media much more efficiently . |
| 24 | The reduction was intended not only to save central government expenditure but also to put pressure on local authorities to curb their own spending by increasing the local cost thus making the expenditure more ‘ visible ’ to both councillors and the electorate . |
| 25 | Having said all that , there have been some very nice dogs bred in Australia , not only achieving high show placements , but also major obedience awards . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the government ( Minister of Land , 1966 , 3 ) has not only sanctioned this growth when , as long ago as 1966 , they stated ‘ that townspeople ought to be able to spend their leisure in the countryside if they want to ’ but following a report of the House of Lords ( HL Select Committee 1973 ) has also endorsed and encouraged recreational uses when they accepted ( Secretary of State for the Environment , 1975 , 1 ) that ‘ recreation should be regarded as one of the community 's everyday needs and that provision for it is part of the social services ’ . |
| 27 | So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’ |
| 28 | Secondly , a wage-change variable is included in addition to a price variable since it is hypothesised that workers may seek to unionise not only to defend existing standards of living but also to attempt to improve upon them . |
| 29 | The political and ideological factors that had led to popular support for and involvement in the inter-imperialist war of 1914–18 and the anti-fascist war of 1939–45 could no longer be used to justify the use of means of warfare which , it became clear , not only involved disproportionate suffering but endangered the future of humanity . |
| 30 | At its best , this is a planned approach , designed not only to maximise potential benefits to the company , but also to minimise possible damage . |